Friday, April 11, 2008

Unexplained horrors investigated....

Encyclopedia Horrifica By Joshua GeeJ 001.9 GeeWhen you first encounter this book, you see a hologramof a vampire on the cover. Part one features nightmaressuch as Dracula, creepy sea creatures, aliens, and werewolves.Especially good is the feature on Dracula, comparing theHollywood version of the story with the real life Prince Vlad IIIof Wallachia. Part 2 features ghosts, spirits, and phantoms.This portion of the book includes a question/answer with areal ghost hunter. Part 3 features an interview with a secretpsychic spy, an investigation of superstitions, ESP, and more.Part 4 features zombies, mummies, pixies, and the Grim Reaper.You can also meet the gruesome grandmother Frances Glessner Lee,who created miniature dollhouse murders for crime solvers to learnfrom. Very cool book!

Unexplained By Judy AllenJ 001.943 AllenThe book begins with hauntings. The WinchesterMystery House, the Belmez faces that appearedon the floor of a family’s house in Spain, castle haunts,and ghosts on the road or at sea. Next the book examinespsychics, levitation, auras and more. In chapter 3,superstitions and symbols are examined. Next disappearancesare featured with possible reasons. The Bermuda Triangle,one of the most famous, possibly might be explained bymethane gases from ancient forests that lie undersea or afallen meteorite might be mixing up navigational instruments.Famous missing people like Amelia Earhart and D. B. Cooperare investigated. My favorite chapter are historical mysteries,which features the famous Stonehenge and Holy Grail.The remainder of the book investigates lost lands (like Atlantis),mysterious cures, crop circles, UFOs, Fine illustrations and photos.

Tales Of The Cryptids By Kelly Milner Halls,Rick Spears, and Roxyanne YoungJ 001.944 HallsFirst of all, cryptids are legendary animals. You have probably heard of the Loch Ness Monster, Giant Squids, and Bigfoot. This book investigates whether or notsome of these mysterious creatures exist or have existed. A large amount of information is given on Bigfoot and the Loch Ness monster. Much shorter coverage on creatures such as chupachabras, Shunka Warak’in, and Onza. The book closes with an interview with author and cryptozoologist Loren Coleman and a cryptidictionary of mysterious creatures.Not comprehensive, but brief treatment of subjects.

Monsterology By Arthur SladeJ 001.944 SladeFeatures 15 mysterious and creepy creatures in legend,myths, and literature. Creatures like the Golem,Grim Reaper, Medusa and more are discussed.Some interesting facts like:maybe the first golem wasEnkidu in the story The Epic of GilgameshInteresting is loves/hates, fashion rating, favoritesayings, haunts and movies and more!